Northern Nevada News
KNPB Documentary Features Reno’s Solace Tree with Stories of Love and Loss
I’ve been lucky enough over the past few months to work with some great folks at KNPB on an uplifting and inspiring documentary that includes Reno’s Solace Tree, a local non-profit that helps families grieve the loss of a loved one. The show is called “You’ll Always Be With Me,” and it premiers Sunday, May [...]
Half the Sky LIVE comes to local Theater
You may have heard of the book Half the Sky. It’s about oppression, but it’s causing a buzz around the world and has become a runaway bestseller. The book has been featured on Oprah, CNN and Dateline. This Thursday Reno is joining hundreds of other cities across the country with a showing of Half the [...]
Best View From a New Ski Lodge
We were loving the view from the new Winters Creek Lodge at Mt. Rose the other day. The feeling is light and modern with lots of giant windows and plenty of places to sit and enjoy the scenery. It has that ‘new building feel.’ Add to that the relentless snow in the Sierra, and the [...]
Channel Your Inner Santa, Scrooge
Downtown Reno is the place to be this weekend whether you’re looking for Santas or Scrooge. Events include a local production of A Christmas Carol and the ‘fast-becoming-famous’ Reno Santa Crawl where five thousand Santas are expected to gather under the Reno Arch on Saturday night. This year the crawl has expanded and includes add-on [...]
Local Businessman, Philip Satre, Presents Medal to Actor Mickey Rooney at World War II Museum
Phil Satre, who is well known in Northern Nevada, recently stood shoulder-to-shoulder with some very well-known celebrities at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. One of his duties as incoming chairman of the museum’s board was to present the organization’s Silver Service Medallion to actor Mickey Rooney, in celebration of his “tireless work [...]
Local School Leaders Look to Vegas for Innovative Funding Ideas
Leaders from the Washoe County school district traveled to Las Vegas recently to find out how Clark County is doing with a privately-funded, experimental program that gives individual schools more authority over decisions and more responsibility for their performance.
WCSD Superintendent Dr. Heath Morrison was part of a small group from Northern Nevada that attended an [...]
Mummified Rat’s Nest Piques Kids’ Interest at Desert Research Institute Open House
There’s nothing like 22-thousand year old rat droppings to help get kids interested in science. A sample of petrified poop was a big draw for young science enthusiasts as they toured the Desert Research Institute during an open house in Reno on Saturday. The sample came from an old pack rat den in a cave [...]
PNN Meets Blue Angel Number One
What does it take to be the Commanding Officer of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s premier Flight Demonstration team? For Commander Greg McWherter, it takes guts, incredible focus and a sense of humor.
I caught up with Blue Angel Number One recently at the Officers’ Club at NAS Fallon. Even surrounded by some of the best [...]
25 Algerian Students to Visit Northern Nevada, Will Stay with Local Families
If you could tell 25 students from North Africa something about the America, what would it be? Ten local high school students and about a dozen host families will have that chance when 25 Algerian high school students arrive in Reno for a three week conference on leadership and media later this month.
Algeria is 99 [...]